Docking Event Instance | Launch Library 2

API endpoint that allows Docking Events to be viewed.

GET: Return a list of all the docking events.

FILTERS: Fields - 'space_station__id', 'flight_vehicle__id', 'docking_location__id'

MODE: 'detailed' EXAMPLE: ?mode=detailed

ORDERING: Fields - 'id', 'docking', 'departure' Order reverse via Docking date. Example - /2.0.0/docking_event/?ordering=-docking

GET /2.0.0/docking_event/626/?format=api

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "id": 626,
  "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/docking_event/626/?format=api",
  "launch_id": "5c133377-be3c-41f1-ac6a-c24668d78bc3",
  "docking": "2025-07-15T00:52:00Z",
  "departure": null,
  "flight_vehicle": {
    "id": 876,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/876/?format=api",
    "destination": "Tiangong Space Station",
    "mission_end": null,
    "spacecraft": {
      "id": 611,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/611/?format=api",
      "name": "Tianzhou-9",
      "serial_number": "9",
      "status": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Single Use"
      },
      "description": "Ninth operational Tianzhou spacecraft.",
      "spacecraft_config": {
        "id": 25,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/25/?format=api",
        "name": "Tianzhou",
        "type": {
          "id": 4,
          "name": "Cargo Resupply"
        },
        "agency": {
          "id": 88,
          "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api",
          "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation",
          "featured": true,
          "type": "Government",
          "country_code": "CHN",
          "abbrev": "CASC",
          "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.",
          "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei",
          "founding_year": "1999",
          "launchers": "Long March",
          "spacecraft": "",
          "parent": null,
          "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg"
        },
        "in_use": true,
        "capability": "Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics",
        "history": "The Tianzhou is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft that was first launched on April 20, 2017 to resupply Tiangong-1. It demonstrated autonomous propellant transfer in orbit.",
        "details": "Autonomous cargo spacecraft used to resupply the Chinese Space Station.",
        "maiden_flight": "2017-04-20",
        "height": 9.0,
        "diameter": 3.35,
        "human_rated": false,
        "crew_capacity": null,
        "payload_capacity": 6700,
        "flight_life": "180 days in orbit",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianzhou_image_20210513100807.jpg",
        "nation_url": null,
        "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianzhou_(spacecraft)",
        "info_link": ""
      }
    }
  },
  "docking_location": {
    "id": 32,
    "name": "Tianhe aft"
  },
  "space_station": {
    "id": 18,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacestation/18/?format=api",
    "name": "Tiangong space station",
    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong_space__image_20231031004146.png"
  }
}